Gee, Lewis Mackenzie, The Three Musketeers was a piece of romantic fiction, indeed, romantic fiction aimed at adolescent male tastes.
Seems odd to have to remind an ex-general of that fact.
You are completely disingenuous here.
You know perfectly well why the rest of NATO is making no sacrifice for the "mission" in Afghanistan.
They recognize that this American war is: 1) of no real importance to them; and 2) it is a pointless quest by the United States playing Don Quixote.
Important countries like Germany, France, Italy, and Spain are perfectly capable of assessing the risks and rewards of the conflict, and their verdict just couldn't be clearer.
They could shout the truth from the roof tops, but that would not be taken kindly by Bush's America.
After all, the token forces some have there now are only a reflection of the U.S. exercising its financial, diplomatic, and political muscle to patch together something that makes it less obvious it is essentially alone.
The war was not needed. The existing situation is go-nowhere, hoping against hope that you can alter the culture and customs and attitudes of a vast land of 25 million poor, largely backward people.
It's an idiotic notion.
Canada's bad position there reflects a poor government decision, and nothing more. After turning down Washington on missile defense and its even greater blunder in Iraq, Ottawa decided "we owe one to the Pentagon."
They likely thought they would manage a situation like that of most of the other NATO countries there, but they made mistakes and now they are stuck in a nasty place.
Now, we have Harper who is a rather pathetic figure vis-a-vis the U.S., always doing what he can to serve their interests at the expense of Canada's. One can expect nothing sensible or creative from him.
Good Lord, only the other day, our new commanding general was quoting the fatuous Harper line that 24 Canadians died in 9/11.
Yes, and more Canadians die on a holiday weekend on America’s highways.
What an idiotic reason to spend billions and throw away nearly another hundred Canadian lives.
